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COIMBATORE: City Corporation commissioner S Ganesh was on an inspection to corporation schools when he found that a Class 10 student at a civic body run school struggled to read the word 'teacher'. There are two papers of English for Class 10 board exams.

The poor in Hyderabad, India face a lack of quality education in government schools, despite the Right to Education Bill, which was recently passed to ensure free and compulsory education for all children in India. By Noreen Nasir, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Eric Lund Global Reporting and Research Grant.

BANGALORE: When the Centre introduced the Right to Education (RTE) Act four years ago, the aim was to ensure the poorest of children had access to quality education. For many parents, it was a dream come true - to see their child study in an English-medium school alongside the privileged. Taking forward the RTE series, TOI goes back to five parents who now dare to dream big, thanks to the RTE.

NEW DELHI, SEPT 5: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi went live on Teacher’s Day, connecting with children throughout the country with the aid of television screens, a sizeable section of teachers from several States stood out in the rain in the Capital, protesting against the pittance paid to them as salaries.

Noting that India faces a big challenge to improve the quality of teaching and learning outcomes in schools, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said the nation needs more competent and willing teachers to achieve these objectives.

Teachers should imbibe in students the values of tolerance, secularism and inclusiveness to make the world a safer and better place to live in, he said addressing the National Teachers Awards function here coinciding with Teachers’ Day.

New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS): National Award winner Khagendra Nath Chetia Phukan, who has spent 40 years teaching in some of the most remote parts of Assam and its bordering areas, has seen the education sector in the region undergoing major development.

Four years after it became an Act and a year of implementation later, it is becoming very clear that the Right to Education Act (RTE) is deeply flawed. The Act was called a sieve by this author in this very publication in 2010, and much of what was predicted has come to pass. It was a significant piece of social re-engineering where the intent was to bring the rich and the poor to the same classroom. The RTE Act was a daring piece of legislation for two reasons.

In April 2010, India passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, a landmark legislation aimed at universal enrolment of students between the ages of 6-14 in schools. But despite enrolment figures in schools seeing a significant upward trend since the Act was passed (96.7% in 2013); student performance has seen a downward spiral, both in public and private schools, according to ASER Reports.

On 5 September, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the Teachers' Day speech from New Delhi's Manekshaw Auditorium. It was telecast live by TV channels across India. Modi also spoke to children about various issues surrounding education in the country.

The 86th Constitutional Amendment Act 2002 makes education a Fundamental Right for children in the age group of 6-14 years by stating "the State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years in such manner as the State may, by law, determine". The Act further provides under Article 51-A (k) that it shall be a fundamental duty of every citizen of India who is a parent or guardian to provide opportunities for education to his child between the age of six and fourteen years.